Noelí en los Países

Noelí en los Países

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Yanet Monica, a young actress, played Noelí alongside Géraldine Chaplin in Dólàres de arena, directed by Laura Amelia Guzmán and Israel Cárdenas. Observing the relationship between Dominicans and tourists, Dólàres also provides a quasi-subliminal background to the project. What to do when you live on an island: should you stay or should you leave? Hired to star in a fashion infomercial to be shot in Venice in the majestic Hotel Excelsior, Yanet sets foot in Europe for the first time. Once the prudishness of the crew members has been overcome, she joyously drags them along into a Caribbean universe made up of rhythm and dance. Although the filmmakers still dream of exile, the empowerment of a young woman is what ultimately manifests itself here. Yanet lives on the screen through her strength and her grace. She tackles every moment with lightheartedness. A film bathed in sensuality. The image and its relationship with the sound design lends an almost phantasmagorical feel to certain sequences while playing these element through a discerning distance.

Laura Amelia Guzmán (Dominican Republic, 1980) graduated from Fine Arts in Altos de Chavón / The School of Design and later in EICTV, as a cinematographer.

Israel Cárdenas (Mexico, 1980) studied at New York Film Academy and EICTV. He works as a screenwriter, cinematographer and editor for several feature films in Mexico.

Together, they directed feature films: COCHOCHI (2007), JEAN GENTIL (2010), both premiered in the Venice Biennale; documentary CARMITA (2013) and their latest feature, DÓLARES DE ARENA (2014), premiere in Toronto International Film Festival. They share direction, screenplay, production and cinematography credits in all their films.

Yanet Monica, a young actress, played Noelí alongside Géraldine Chaplin in Dólàres de arena, directed by Laura Amelia Guzmán and Israel Cárdenas. Observing the relationship between Dominicans and tourists, Dólàres also provides a quasi-subliminal background to the project. What to do when you live on an island: should you stay or should you leave? Hired to star in a fashion infomercial to be shot in Venice in the majestic Hotel Excelsior, Yanet sets foot in Europe for the first time. Once the prudishness of the crew members has been overcome, she joyously drags them along into a Caribbean universe made up of rhythm and dance. Although the filmmakers still dream of exile, the empowerment of a young woman is what ultimately manifests itself here. Yanet lives on the screen through her strength and her grace. She tackles every moment with lightheartedness. A film bathed in sensuality. The image and its relationship with the sound design lends an almost phantasmagorical feel to certain sequences while playing these element through a discerning distance.

Laura Amelia Guzmán (Dominican Republic, 1980) graduated from Fine Arts in Altos de Chavón / The School of Design and later in EICTV, as a cinematographer.

Israel Cárdenas (Mexico, 1980) studied at New York Film Academy and EICTV. He works as a screenwriter, cinematographer and editor for several feature films in Mexico.

Together, they directed feature films: COCHOCHI (2007), JEAN GENTIL (2010), both premiered in the Venice Biennale; documentary CARMITA (2013) and their latest feature, DÓLARES DE ARENA (2014), premiere in Toronto International Film Festival. They share direction, screenplay, production and cinematography credits in all their films.